break
noun
- period of time during a shift in which an employee is allowed to take time off
- instrumental or percussion section during a song
- violation
- causation of loss of wholeness
- happen, come to light, onset, beginning
- the suspension of an action, a break from something, pause, musical interlude
- Break into motion, for a goal or from a source location
- notable occurance; point at which one's luck turns (bad break, lucky break, etc)
verb
- To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly
- To divide (something, often money) into smaller units
- violate (the law, an oath, trust, etc)
- happen, come to light, onset, beginning
- break_in: gain entry
- separate one entity from another
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /bɹeɪk/ / [bɹʷeɪ̯k] / /bɹɛk/
noun
Etymology: Clipping of breakdown (the percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music) and see also breakdancing.
- A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
“The smooth criminal on beat breaks / Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes”
verb
Etymology: Clipping of breakdown (the percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music) and see also breakdancing.
- To B-boy; to breakdance.
“Let the poppers pop and the breakers break / We're cool, cool cats, it's like that”
- To brake.
“Breaking heavily, now on a 1 in 39 gradient, the train makes as if to cross the Tamar at once, only to swing sharply to the right, […].”